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So where Vietnam and Afghanistan. Both great powers got their teeth kicked in and withdrew because the wars where no longer politically expedient.
I imagine this is a bit more existential for Putin, but it is also more costly by an order of magnitude.
Yes, but neither were a world war, which was my point
I read it as you where implying it could escalate to worldwar and I tried to add 2 examples where this did not happen in previous occasions. Was not trying to start a fight :)